Post by TwistedLover on Nov 24, 2013 17:00:27 GMT -5
Eeveelution Resort's Site-wide Rules
Like all places, this forum will have rules that members will be required to follow. Please make sure that you read all of the rules so that you understand what you are expected to do, many of the rules will be common-sense however they need to be stated anyway.
General Rules
Respect others and have a positive attitude
-Do not be rude, annoy, troll, or any other negative thing towards other members. If you have issues do not take it out on members.
-If you have a more negative attitude try to change it, talk with the staff to figure out how to make it better.
-Use vulgar or offensive words, this includes swears. "Damn" and "Hell" are the only two that are currently allowed, do not break this rule.
Make decent posts
-Stay on topic, you can have off-topic discussions if it was mentioned within the thread, however do not let it get completely off topic. This is what PMs are for.
-Do not use large amounts of smileys or capitalized words. Please do not "Do tHiS". Or "DO THIS".
-Do not use chat speak or poor grammar, if you have grammar issues then please try to study it to get better.
-Do not overuse images or memes on the forum, do not make the image/meme the point of a post.
-Do not use any language but English, this is because we cannot moderate other languages and we are preventing negative occurences.
Colors
You can post in colors, however do not use blinding colors. This is non-negotiable, people don't need to have their eyes hurt from the color text you use.
Avoid inappropriate content
-Anything pornographic is unacceptable, as well as do not post anything with swear words.
-Adult content is not allowed on the site, if you have any questions on this then read the forum's community guidelines. This includes PMs, therefore keep anything that breaks these guidelines out of PM as well.
-Never promote drugs, alcohol, ROM downloads or anything else that is considered illegal.
-Only advertise other sites within your signature, please do not make threads for this.
-Do not reveal personal information about anyone else, it is their right to do this. Never threaten another member to give their information.
Do not "mini-mod"
Do not post in a topic just to tell another member what they did wrong, this is considered spam and wrong. If you see something that is against the rules please report it so that a moderator can take care of it. Any posts that are mini-modding can be reported and will be deleted.
Use one account only
Do not use a second account. You may also not use another account to avoid a ban that you were given, if you come back on with a new account after being permanently banned your new account will be banned as well.
Do not steal from or impersonate others
Never take someone else's artwork, stories, threads, or anything else that is not yours and claim you made it. If you see a thread topic on another forum you are interested in making here then feel free to do so, however you must put it in your own words and not just copy/paste it. Never impersonate another member or use the same avatar as them for the purposes of tricking others into believing you are them.
Do not create topics with misleading titles
The title must have to do with the content that will be within the thread itself, creating a title that makes someone think the topic is about something else is not acceptable.
Do not link to websites that contain offensive content
This includes swear words or inappropriate content within the website itself, if you are going to link to something with swear words then you need to heavily warn before the link that it will contain swears within it so that people know to only click on it if they are prepared for it.
Image copyrights
When you use an image make sure that you provide a link to where you received the image so that proper ownership can be attributed to the right person. If you want to know the code for this type of image linking then it is-
Signature/Avatar
-Nothing inappropriate, this includes quotes or images. If there is an inappropriate image/quote you can be warned and it will be removed. You are allowed to have GIFs so long as they are not distracting, moving quickly or constantly, or have flashing within it.
-Anything larger than 200 pixels high should be placed within a spoiler please. This is to make sure that people don't need to scroll more through threads because of large signatures.